We are getting married. Yep, I said we. Funny how time passes and priorities are such that marriage has just waited on the back burner while diapers, babies and all sorts of more important things were happening.
Making the announcement yesterday was actually quite funny. Before you get the idea that it was a proposal on bended knee, let me clarify. It was a decision enforced by N and G's idea of what kind of wedding it will be and who will have to do what. I suppose that sort of thing is fitting with our nonconformist ideas of how to live in this world.
The boys both were sure that they wanted rings too so all of us will come away with a token of our togetherness and commitment as a family. I hope that when they reach their teenage years, they will look at these small rings and remember that our family is a unit, not always happy with each other but still solid and always there for one another.
I wanted to become officially married before they were old enough to have a problem with mom and dad NOT being legally married. Right now, at 6 and 3, it is the idea of a big party and having all our friends come over that is the thrill and not the legality or 'what will others think?' attitude that often comes with age.
We will plan this event together as we do everything in our family and with Nathanial's ideas of proper food ideas (chicken wings and chocolate cake) and Gabe's (ravioli and chips) it is sure to be a culinary nightmare but a whole lot of fun.
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